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St. Patrick’s Day R.I.D.E. Program Gets Results

Over the weekend, the joint forces R.I.D.E. intiative between the Durham Regional Police Service, the Toronto Police Service and the OPP stopped more than 1,600 vehicles and a took a number of impaired drivers off the road.

While the message that drinking and driving is a serious criminal offence has gotten through to many residents, some still attempt to operate a vehicle while impaired. One offender during this R.I.D.E. program thought he was doing the right thing by driving three impaired passengers home--the problem was he didn’t have a driver’s licence and he was impaired himself.